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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Administration and public assistance - Approved providers

92: Designation of approved providers

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"Who can be chosen to help people with substance addiction problems?"

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The Director can choose a person to be an approved provider. You need to meet some requirements before the Director can choose you, like being certified under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 to provide residential disability care. The Director must also be satisfied that you have the capacity and resources to detain and treat patients.

The Director can add conditions to your designation if they think it is necessary. If you breach the requirements of this Act or the conditions of your designation, the Director can suspend or revoke your designation. This means you will no longer be an approved provider.

If you are no longer certified under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001, you will also cease to be an approved provider. When the Director designates you or revokes your designation, they must put a notice in the Gazette, and it will take effect on the date stated in the notice. This is how the Director makes it official.

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Administration and public assistance: Approved providers

92Designation of approved providers

  1. The Director may designate a person as an approved provider.

  2. Before the Director designates a person under this section, the Director must be satisfied that the person—

  3. is certified, under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001, to provide residential disability care; and
    1. has the capacity and resources to detain and treat patients in accordance with this Act in places that are suitable for that detention and treatment; and
      1. has systems in place for ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Act.

        1. A designation under this section may be subject to any conditions that the Director considers necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act.

        2. A designation of a person under this section may be suspended or revoked for any of the following grounds proved to the satisfaction of the Director:

        3. 1 or more requirements of this Act have been seriously breached in a treatment centre operated by the person:
          1. 1 or more conditions of the designation have been seriously breached.

            1. A designation under this section ceases to have effect if the person designated ceases to be certified, under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001, to provide residential disability care.

            2. A designation under this section, or a revocation of such a designation, must be made by notice in the Gazette and takes effect on the date stated in the notice.